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ROBERT REDFORD'S LEADING LADIES
CHEMICAL ELEMENTS
100
WHEN FORMALIZED IN NOVEMBER, 1936, MUSSOLINI DUBBED THE GERMANY/ITALY MILITARY ALLIANCE THE ROME-BERLIN AXIS, BUT IT WAS RENAMED THIS WHEN JAPAN JOINED THEM IN SEPTEMBER OF 1940.
THE AXIS ALLIANCE or AXIS POWERS
100
YOU CAN WALK THROUGH MORE THAN 30 ACRES OF THESE BEAUTIFUL BLOOMS AT A FESTIVAL HELD IN THEIR HONOR EVERY MAY IN HOLLAND, MICHIGAN.
TULIPS
100
ALTHOUGH UNDENIABLY AMERICAN, GEORGE HW BUSH, BOB HOPE, ANGELINA JOLIE, RALPH LAUREN, OLIVIA DE HAVILLAN AND STEVEN SPIELBERG ALL HAVE THIS BRITISH TRIBUTE IN COMMON.
THEY HAVE BEEN AWARDED HONORARY KNIGHTHOODS OR DAMEHOODS.
100
OCCURRING OUTSIDE THE REGULAR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING OF A SCHOOL OR COLLEGE.
EXTRACURRICULAR
100
SHE STARRED OPPOSITE REDFORD IN THE 1973 ROMANTIC DRAMA THE WAY WE WERE AND SANG ITS THEME SONG, FOR WHICH SHE WON AN OSCAR.
BARBRA STREISAND
100
ATOMIC NUMBER 17: A GAS AT ROOM TEMPERATURE, THIS ELEMENT IS A POISONOUS, ODOROUS IRRITANT USED IN THE TREATMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITIZATION OF SWIMMING POOLS.
CHLORINE
200
TARGETED BY HIS OWN MILITARY IN AN EXPLODING-BRIEFCASE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IN JULY, 1944, THIS MAN WALKED AWAY WITH ONLY SINGED TROUSERS AND A PERFORATED EARDRUM.
ADOLF HITLER
200
"THAT WHICH WE CALL A ROSE, BY ANY OTHER NAME, WOULD SMELL AS SWEET" IS A FAMOUS LINE SPOKEN BY THIS WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE CHARACTER.
JULIET (ROMEO & JULIET)
200
LUXURY AUTOMOTIVE BRANDS LAMBORGHINI, PORSCHE, BENTLEY, AUDI, AND BUGATTI ARE ALL OWNED BY THIS GERMAN CAR COMPANY.
VOLKSWAGEN
200
MARKEDLY BEYOND WHAT IS EXPECTED OR USUAL.
EXTRAORDINARY
200
SHE STARRED OPPOSITE REDFORD IN THE CHASE IN 1966, BAREFOOT IN THE PARK IN '67, THE ELECTRIC HORSEMAN IN '79, AND OUR SOULS AT NIGHT IN 2017.
JANE FONDA
200
WHEN IONIZED BY SEVERAL THOUSAND VOLTS IN A SEALED GLASS TUBE, THIS COLORLESS, ODORLESS GAS EMITS A COLORED LIGHT.
NEON
300
IN 1942, THE SUN RUBBER COMPANY BEGAN PRODUCING CHILDREN'S GAS MASKS IN THE LIKENESS OF THIS DISNEY CHARACTER, HOPING TO ALLEVIATE THEIR FEAR OF USING ONE.
MICKEY MOUSE
300
KNOWN IN JAPAN AS SAKURA, THESE BLOOMS MAY NOT BE THE OFFICIAL FLOWER OF THE ISLAND NATION, BUT ARE A NATIONAL OBSESSION.
CHERRY BLOSSOMS
300
SYMBOLIC OF INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN MUSIC, THIS WIND INSTRUMENT IS PLAYED WITH VIBRATING LIPS TO PRODUCE A CONTINUOUS DRONE AND CAN MEASURE UP TO TEN FEET LONG.
THE DIDGERIDOO
300
A LAVISH OR SPECTACULAR SHOW OR EVENT.
EXTRAVAGANZA
300
AFTER REDFORD TURNED DOWN A ROLE IN HER 1968 HORROR FILM ROSEMARY'S BABY, SHE HAD TO WAIT SIX YEARS TO STAR OPPOSITE HIM IN THE 1974 ROMANTIC DRAMA, THE GREAT GATSBY.
MIA FARROW
300
ATOMIC NUMBER 80: BOTH A LIQUID AND A SOLID AT ROOM TEMPERATURE, THIS TOXIC ELEMENT HAS BEEN BANNED IN DENTAL FILLINGS IN MORE THAN A DOZEN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, BUT NOT IN THE U.S.
MERCURY
400
THE MOST CONCENTRATED ATTACK ON BRITISH SOIL DURING THE BLITZ SPANNED ELEVEN HOURS ON A NOVEMBER NIGHT IN 1940, WHEN 500 LUFTWAFFE BOMBERS ALL BUT DECIMATED THIS CITY.
COVENTRY
400
THERE ARE OVER 2000 VARIETIES OF THIS SUMMER GARDEN SHOWSTOPPER, INCLUDING THE MARIPOSA, THE TIGER AND THE ASIATIC.
LILIES
400
IN ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON'S CLASSIC NOVEL TREASURE ISLAND, THE ONE-LEGGED SCALLYWAG, LONG JOHN SILVER, HAD A NEARLY CONSTANT COMPANION NAMED CAPTAIN FLINT, WHOSE FAVORITE PLACE TO SIT WAS HERE.
ON HIS SHOULDER (HE WAS A PARROT)
400
IRRELEVANT OR UNRELATED TO THE SUBJECT BEING DEALT WITH.
EXTRANEOUS
400
SHE STARRED OPPOSITE REDFORD IN THE 1993 DRAMA INDECENT PROPOSAL, WHICH IS CONSIDERED BOTH ONE OF HIS WORST MOVIES AND ONE OF HER BEST.
DEMI MOORE
400
ATOMIC NUMBER 1: THIS GAS IS NON-TOXIC BUT HIGHLY COMBUSTIBLE, AS FAMOUSLY DEMONSTRATED ON MAY 6, 1937, 200 FEET ABOVE NEW JERSEY’S LAKEHURST NAVAL AIR STATION.
HYDROGEN
500
WINSTON CHURCHILL BECAME PRIME MINISTER OF ENGLAND ON MAY 10, 1940, FOLLOWING THE RESIGNATION OF THIS MAN.
NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN
500
FOR CENTURIES THIS FLOWER HAS BEEN USED TO FORETELL IF ONE'S AFFECTIONS WILL BE RETURNED, THE TRICK BEING TO PICK ONE WITH AN ODD NUMBER OF PETALS.
THE DAISY
500
500
THE ACTION OF TAKING OUT OR REMOVING SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY THROUGH EFFORT OR BY FORCE.
EXTRACT, EXTRACTION or EXTRACTING
500
SHE RECEIVED HER THIRD OF EIGHT CAREER OSCAR NOMINATIONS PLAYING OPPOSITE REDFORD IN THE 1984 SPORTS DRAMA THE NATURAL.
GLENN CLOSE
500
ATOMIC NUMBER 26: THIS HEAVY METAL IS ALSO AN ESSENTIAL MICRONUTRIENT COMMONLY TAKEN AS A DAILY SUPPLEMENT, AN OVERDOSE OF WHICH CAN LEAD TO TOXICITY, LIVER FAILURE AND DEATH.
IRON
600
ON AUGUST 2, 1943, THE JAPANESE DESTROYER AMAGIRI RAMMED AND SUNK US PT BOAT 109 IN THE SOLOMON SEA WITH THIS FUTURE PRESIDENT ONBOARD.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
600
PART OF THE BOY SCOUT EMBLEM SINCE 1955, THIS STYLIZED REPRESENTATION OF A 3-PETALED IRIS WAS ONCE THE SYMBOL OF FRENCH KINGS.
THE FLEUR-DE-LIS
600
IN 1998, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT RULED THAT FEDERALLY-OWNED ELLIS ISLAND FALLS WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF BOTH THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THIS STATE.
NEW JERSEY
600
OF ASTRONAUTICS; PERFORMED OR OCCURRING OUTSIDE AN ORBITING SPACECRAFT.
EXTRAVEHICULAR
600
THIS ACTRESS, WHOSE FIRST FOUND STARDOM AT THE AGE OF 8, PLAYED OPPOSITE REDFORD IN THE 1965 DRAMA INSIDE DAISY CLOVER, WHICH WON REDFORD A GOLDEN GLOBE FOR MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER.
NATALIE WOOD
600
ATOMIC NUMBER 94: THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS ELEMENT, 2.2 POUNDS OF THIS MAN-MADE METAL WOULD HAVE THE SAME EXPLOSIVE FORCE OF 35 MILLION POUNDS OF TNT.
PLUTONIUM